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Virgin launches “Broadband2Go” Internet Stick

By on December 4, 2009 at 9:20am in Mobile News, Various News, Virgin Mobile News

b3gVirgin has been stepping up to the plate lately and not acting in any way, shape or form like a sub-brand of Bell. It’s actually really nice to see that even if they are completely still owned by big Blue they can still keep the same Virgin flare.

Virgin recently announced their plans to carry the iPhone, started offering the 30-day “You’ll Love Us” Guarantee… and they have followed through and started to sell “Broadband2Go” Internet Stick. The actual product is Novatel Wireless Ovation MC760 USB Modem and all you have to do is plug it into your computer to get instant access to the internet. This is basically same stick Bell launched a few months ago. You can get this with Virgin on Prepaid for $149.99 and as for data you can get 1GB for $45/month. (Bell is selling this internet stick now for $174.95 on Prepaid)

On another note, if you activate online they will give you a $45 credit, which is a free GB of data. Virgin also says that you’ll be able to get the following speeds: downstream: up to 3.1 Mbps and upstream: up to 1.8 Mbps. The “Broadband2Go” Internet Stick can also hold up to 8GB of memory with a microSD card.

More here at Virgin

(Thanks Eric!)

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Discussion

7 comments for “Virgin launches “Broadband2Go” Internet Stick”

  1. I was really looking forward to this because in the states they offer 100mb for 10 days for $10, which would be perfect for people like me who only need data occasionally and in small portions.

    Instead they have decided to keep the price barrier sky high so it in no way interferes with the regular expensive data plans.

    Very disappointed. This has ‘bell’ written all over it.

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    Posted by Colin | December 4, 2009, 9:27 am
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  2. Wow, $45 for 1 GB of data?

    And people actually pay this?!

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    Posted by telegeek | December 4, 2009, 11:45 am
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  3. Quit yer whining! This is the first time there has EVER been prepaid data available in Canada. It’s a good start. Sure $45/GB is expensive, but on the other hand on prepaid you have no contract and no obligations.

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    Posted by midtoad | December 4, 2009, 12:09 pm
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  4. This is B*. 1GB for 45 dollars and at 3.1 Mbps down.
    Virgin has no more credibility.
    This is what happens when Canadian Control, is in Control.

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    Posted by Zed | December 4, 2009, 3:23 pm
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  5. To compare, I was able to get 1GB data prepaid on a 3G network for CAD$16 in Germany last year. Canada needs wireless competition fast!

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    Posted by Sherman | December 5, 2009, 2:11 pm
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  6. wow look at the babies that never screwed their credit b4, i personaly am looking forward to buying this no credit check, no contract and no commitment for what a whole $10 more than a contract a month. Get over it you babies if you like it somewere else than move, welcome to canada, low dollar good beer and bend you over the counter cell phone service. my last note is from traveling to the us i would say bring verizon to canada

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    Posted by thearn | February 18, 2010, 1:37 am
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  7. Ya lets bring verizon here to canada, so they too can rip us off!

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    Posted by russ | September 27, 2010, 9:10 pm
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